ATHLETICS - MENJeff Porter (USA) - Qualified for Wednesday's semifinals by finishing in 13.53 seconds – the third-fastest time in his heat, which was won by Cuba's Dayron Robles (13.33). Fellow American Aries Merritt, who finished in 13.07 seconds, had the fastest overall time.

Jamie Nieto (USA) - Finished sixth overall after failing clearing 2.29 meters on his second attempt, but missing at attempts of 2.33m and 2.36m. Russia's Ivan Ukhov took gold by clearing 2.38m; American Erik Kynard, who missed at 2.36m but was the only other jumper to clear 2.33m, won silver.

Nick Willis (New Zealand) - Finished ninth in the 1,500-meter final with a time of 3:36.94. Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi won the race and the gold medal with a time of 3:34.08.

ATHLETICS - WOMENTiffany Porter (Great Britain) - Failed to qualify for final after running a 12.79 in the 100-meter hurdles – .40 seconds behind Australia's Sally Pearson, who won the semifinal heat and had the best overall time.

BASKETBALL - WOMENKrista Phillips (Canada) - Had her best game of the Olympics with two points, eight rebounds and five assists, though her team was bounced out of the knockout stage with a 33-point loss to the U.S. women.

GYMNASTICS - WOMENJordyn Wieber (USA) - Placed a disappointing seventh in the floor exercise with a score of 14.500 after stepping out of bounds. American teammate Aly Raisman's 15.600 was good enough to win the gold medal.

WATER POLO - WOMENBetsey Armstrong (USA) - Saved 10 of 19 shots to help the United States beat Australia, 11-9, in overtime, and advance to Thursday's 3 p.m. ET gold medal game against Spain, who the Americans fought to a draw in group play.

WRESTLING - MENJustin Lester (USA) - Bowed out of repechage before the bronze medal match in a 3-0 loss to Germany's Frank Staebler.

Lost, 3-1, in the quarterfinals of his 66-kg Greco-Roman match against Hungary's Tamas Lorincz, who was awarded two points for a takedown with 30 seconds left in Period 3. The Americans challenged the call, but it was upheld. Lester had a bye in the qualifying round and advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over Japan's Tsutomu Fujimura.